Anyway, this all started in late December 2017 when, during an appearance on The Jim Bakker Show (yes, that Jim Bakker), Bachmann said people had asked her to run for the U.S. Senate seat just vacated by Al Franken, who resigned over allegations of sexual harassment.

Bachmann told Bakker that her failed 2012 presidential campaign had "fulfilled the calling that God gave me" but that, with regard to the upcoming senate race, “So the question is: am I being called to do this now? I don’t know.”